#oooh I haven't been asked for advise in a while

[cosmichorrorsarestillnicerthanme]

Request (If I haven't sent this one): How about Makoto and Sakura from Street Fighter having a rival to lovers relationship with a M!S/O?

I do not believe you have. And I had a blast writing this, even if I went WAAAAAY overboard with Sakura's half.

Now! Your wish is my command!

You and Sakura met, not through any normal or socially accepted meeting.

But through a street fight that Sakura had just buttoned up after which you showed up.

Sakura, of course, was not the type to back down from a challenge, especially with someone who knew what they were doing.

Little did she know that she may have been fighting a bit above her weight class.

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You let out a hiss of superheated air as flame ignited upon your skin.

“Muay Thai is the art of eight limbs, hard power in one of its purest forms. Now, allow me to show you why that is.”

After that, things went black for Sakura until she woke up three days later, feeling like she got run over by a semi-truck.

“Oooh-ow, ow, ow, did anyone catch the plate on that truck?” Sakura groaned as she sat up, her ribs feeling as if Ryu himself did a full power Shin Shoryuken on her.

“Kid! Are you good!” the familiar voice of a good friend, Dan Hibiki asked, the emotion clear in his voice, and when Sakura looked at him, his face as he had tears in his eyes.

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“So you're telling me-OW! SON OF A!!! mhhm- that this new Street Fighter is a student of Sagat? THE Sagat, Emperor Of Muay Thai, one eye, pet Tiger, THAT Sagat?” Sakura asked as she had her bandages wrapped tightly by one of her friends while Dan sat outside the door.

“Yeah, that Sagat. Listen kid, this new fighter… they don’t play around. Sure, they ain’t as mean as Sagat was when he was young, but they do pack a punch as you have no doubt felt.” Dan advised, more than wary of anyone who fought like Sagat did for reasons that were obvious to those that knew the man.

“I know what you mean, what the hell did I even get hit with anyway? A bomb?” Sakura asked as she stood up, her muscles and bones being quite vocal at their displeasure with this.

“It looked like a version of Sagat’s Tiger Raid, though with much rougher technique.” a familiar, high class voice cut in from the outside.

“Karin!? What are you doing here!” Sakura exclaimed in shock.

“Come now, when would I ever miss a chance like-” Karin began to say, her signature laugh already poised and at the ready before she was cut off.

“Miss Kanzuki here has been stopping by to look in on you every day, if it wasn’t for her and her doc’s you probably would still be unconscious as opposed to up and walking around right now.” Dan stated absentmindedly, unaware of the glare the blonde was now giving him.

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The next time Sakura saw you, came several months later, and it was in a place she least expected to find someone like you.

In a small convenience store, stocking shelves.

“YOU!?” Sakura nearly screeched when she saw you, placing bags of chips into their place on the shelves.

“Hello there Miss Kasugano. How are those ribs?” you asked as you stood to face her.

“More than ready for round two if that's what you're asking?” Sakura asked, ready and raring for a rematch.

“Tempting. Unfortunately, I must decline. I have a shift to work.” you declared simply before returning to your work.

Sakura was, understandably, left confused by this.

Wasn’t this the same person that, only a few months ago, beat her into unconsciousness for three days straight in the middle of a street?

Why in the world were they practicing restraint now!

“So, how did someone like you end up working in a place like this?” Sakura asked you as she stood with her arms crossed.

“My teacher taught me that the greatest strength and measure of a fighter is not how hard or fast they hit or the technique they do it with, but their humility, their respect to others, and their discipline. The owner treats me well, allows me access to the roof for practice, with room and board as payment for my work. In turn, I work the counter, protect the shop, and ensure that if any fights were to break out that they would be put to a stop.” you answered succinctly.

“Wait, if you are paid in room and board as opposed to money, then how do you pay for food? And Medicine after a fight?” Sakura asked.

“With my winnings.” you declared before standing and beginning to walk away.

“And what if you lose?” Sakura asked.

“I starve, and I hurt until I win again. However, I have yet to lose since arriving here. Perhaps when we next meet, you could remedy that. Sakura Kasugano.” was all you said.

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After an invitation like that? 

It was on.

Sakura started training like crazy.

She put a bag up with your picture on it, the whole nine yards.

Sure, she nearly got her head taken off by a kick in getting it but that was beside the point.

Dan, for some reason, started teasing her about a crush.

But that was ridiculous, it wasn’t as if she spent every spare minute she had training herself to beat you.

It wasn’t as if she spent her nights thinking about you or anything.

That would be absolutely ridiculous.

Obsessive even!

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When the next fight between the two of you occurred, it had been almost a year to the day after the first one.

It took place on the same street, at the same time of day.

The only difference?

This was now an official Street Fight.

As it turns out, in the year since the first showdown the two of you had, both of you had made names for yourselves.

Everyone was here.

Everyone.

And now, the showdown was set to begin.

Punch for punch.

Kick for kick.

The two of you were evenly matched, each of you pulling out everything the both of you knew to get an edge over the other.

The moves learned.

The moves copied.

Even the moves both of you had come up with yourselves.

But then, eventually, it came down to the both of you being on the ropes, one final move. For both of you.

You let out a hiss of air as flames engulfed you.

“Tiger-”

Sakura breathed deeply as lightning crackled around her.

“Shin-”

You launched forward and shouted “-DESTRUCTION!!!”

Sakura stepped past your attack as she fired off her own and shouted “SHORYUKEN!!!”

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“Tell me, my student. Was the conversation you had an interesting one?” a voice from your memories asked you as you awoke, a smile on your face despite the pain you felt.

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After that, things quickly snowballed between the two of you.

Both of you fought the other, both of you winning one and then losing the next.

It was a back and forth that everyone had gotten used to over time.

But then, something unexpected occurred.

The two of you hit it off, in a way that was different from the usual between you two.

And it was all thanks to a certain Kunoichi in training that anyone knew about it.

Rindo-Kan Karate was Makoto’s entire life.

Rindo-Kan Karate was her life blood.

It was how she went through life.

She never expected to meet someone similar to her in that regard.

But then she met you.

Someone who put as much pride in their Bajiquan as she did her Rindo-Kan.

Could there be anyone else to be her Rival?

Her brother teased her mercilessly with how much she went on about you.

But… he didn’t understand why she was so… attached to you.

She felt a connection, a sort of kinship with you.

She felt like she could come to you with her problems and that you could come to her with yours.

A sort of… peaceful feeling.

Like she had someone at her back whenever she needed that extra push to go farther than she ever could before.

A strength that only ever came when she thought or talked about you.

And eventually, although she did not truly know it, she fell for you.

You, in turn, fell for her.

Despite that, neither of you were all too quick to come off of it.

Neither of you wanted to lose your friend and rival.

Neither of you wanted to lose the person who gave them the strength to push further than ever before.

Eventually however, Makoto tossed caution to the wind.

And to this day, she is glad she did.

[takaraphoenix]

Hey, I was just wondering do you have any tips for revealing character backstories? I have a story that relies heavily on my MC's and certain other's backstory but I don't wanna infodump. I'm doing research into it but I figured it'd help if I asked another writer directly and well, I've read your work and you're definitely someone worth asking for advice.

Mmh. That’s always a hard thing. Because, in a way, it’ll just... always be an info dump in a way, since the reader/viewer didn’t watch the character’s entire life so obviously you, as the author, have to bring it in some way.

There’s certain methods that I, personally, think work very well, but in the end you gotta test what fits you as a writer best - and also what fits this particular character and situation best, since that can vary too.

One way is the expositional narrator. The one who, when it fits, brings up bits and pieces of the character’s past. Not necessarily all at once, just bits one by one throughout the beginning.

A way to do so can be that you have a plot that reflects the character’s life - you see this method a lot in medical drama shows. Where the patient of the episode conveniently enough goes through what the main character is currently experiencing and they can use the patient as a mirror to themselves. This kind of writing can work very well for exposition, because the mirrored plot happening in the present time is a great way to transition into flashbacks, or simply reminiscing thoughts on the main character.

You have to be careful with this one though, because if the parallels are too big or if it goes on for too long, it comes off as far too forced. Say your main character’s important backstory involves that they were abused as a child; mirroring it by them meeting a kid in the exact same situation is too much, but if it differs enough while still staying in the same line it can work as a very good and plausible reminder for your character, prompting the exposition/flashback.

Personally, I’m a huge fan of flashbacks. Many prefer it all written out in a narrative part, and I do know that I write that a lot myself and for certain things it does work better, but generally a flashback that a) breaks the chunk of text that can be hard to focus on and b) gives a more detailed insight into how it was - it’s... very often, the better solution there.

There’s a more tuned down version of the mirrored plot.

You can use small memory triggers. Like, the earrings they see in the shop-front remind them of what their now dead mother loved to wear, to make a very simple example. Or they meet someone with eyes as blue as those of their first, tragic love. Such small, coincidental reminders can also be a good gateway into weaving some exposition in.

I gotta admit though, I am also not someone who minds the infodumb. Like, you got to tell me this piece of backstory because it’s vital for the understanding of the story? Just give it to me.

It’s why most of my multiple chapter stories start off with a prologue set some years before the story or something, because I like to use the prologue as a set-up of the world and that, of course, includes a certain degree of infodump. By putting it into this separate, shorter entity within the story, it’s... in a proper order, at least to me. A whole chapter can be straining, if it’s just run-down it can be just as exhausting, but by prefacing it as a prologue, especially due to the implications in the whole premise of what a prologue is, it justifies putting some explanations, some exposition, right there.

Like, say, Good Omens, if you’ve watched that? The first six minutes, the prologue of the show, are basically just one infodump of what kind of world this is, how it works, where our main characters come from, what their origins, basic characteristics and motivations are. And those six minutes are genuinely my favorite part of the show, because they’re written in a lighthearted, fun and intriguing manner. Or, on a larger scale, my favorite episode, where we literally step back from the whole plot of the show to just spend half an hour in flashbacks to explore the main characters’ dynamic - that was a huge, wildly disconnected infodump, but it was the best episode ofthe show.

So, I guess that’s what it boils down to. The way you write it, regardless of what method you choose. You could literally have your narrator just recounting all the important events, but if you do it dull and as though they’re just listing things off, then it will fall flat, while if you include some lightheartedness in it, it can be great. Say, the opening of the first Percy Jackson book is that in a way too, but it’s framed and phrased in a way that gets you hooked, you get some basic info and then immediately want more.

To recap, because I feel like I lost my train of thoughts a couple times there:

Put some - the major, the biggest point - of your exposition if possible into a prologue to set it properly up

Use plotlines that mirror whatever you want expositioned about your character to transition into exposition; be mindful not to make it too similar

Use memory trigger events/objects to justify writing flashbacks

Don’t just list it off; put emotion and, if it fits tonally, humor into your exposition and then even the longer parts of exposition don’t feel like they’re being dumped onto the reader

I hope this was in any way or shape helpful! And I wish you good luck with your writing!

[finallydelight]

i loved it, it’s literally exactly what i was envisioning with mark and ming being interrupted and teased. i’m very interested to see how it would play out, her ignoring joshua, him giving her a talk about being protective and stuff, and them making up or however you see fit, if it’s possible i would really love it see what happens after.

I'm delighted that it was how you envisioned it and that you enjoyed it! I want to thank you so much for the request and I hope this one lives up to your expectations! I love hearing your request and thoughts, so if you have more, you can always send them to me <3

Big Brother Duties | Ming Chapter

July, 2022 

Yerim put in the code and opened the door to Mingyu and Wonwoo's dorm. 

"Who is it?" She heard Mingyu yell from the kitchen. She took off her shoes and put her bag down. "It's me!" She yelled back. "Yerim-ah!" Mingyu's excited tone made her smile and even gave her a sense of comfort. 

She walked into the kitchen seeing Mingyu cooking some ramen. "You want some?" He asked, motioning for her to come over to where he was standing. 

"Yeah, I haven't eaten dinner," she smells the food, "oooh~ that smells good!" She complimented him. 

"Hehe, thank you."

She sat on one of the chairs nearby. "Where's the bitter one?"

"Bathroom." 

She nodded. "Can I ask you something?" 

Mingyu turned around upon hearing her question. "Of course, Ming-ah." 

"Can I stay with you two tonight?" 

Mingyu tilted his head, quizzically. "You don't have to ask that, you know that." 

"Hey, Yerim-ah." Wonwoo greeted her upon entering the kitchen, he took the chair next to hers. She smiled at him. 

"We have a new roomie for tonight." Mingyu reveals to the older one. 

Wonwoo nodded. "Everything okay?" The girl's energy seemed a bit off. 

"Yeah, it's just that uh, you know Minhyung came over earlier," she took a pause as the two guys made 'ooh' noises, "but Joshua just barged into my room in the middle of it and at first it was fine, but he made these comments that just kind of rubbed me the wrong way I guess and he kept inviting people into my room. I don't know, it was just really annoying." She finished her explanation. 

Mingyu and Wonwoo glanced at each other throughout her explanation. "What did he say?" Mingyu asked her. 

"Like when Minhyung stood up to leave and I offered to walk him to the door, Joshua just stopped me and said that he could do that himself. And when I confronted him about it, he pretended like he didn't know what I was talking about," 

"it's not that I'm upset about the fact that he interrupted us. It's just the way he did it that really frustrated me and he could see how frustrated I was, yet he kept going."

During her rambling, the ramen was ready and Mingyu silently filled their bowls, while Yerim continued talking. "And what about Seungcheol and Myungho?" Wonwoo asked her.  

She sarcastically laughed. "Cheol just kept defending Joshua and Myungho said he wasn't going to interfere and advised me to just do some fucking meditation." She rolled her eyes while mentioning the meditation part. 

Mingyu put their bowls on the table in front of them. "Yerim, you want something to drink?" 

"A coke for me, please." 

He picked it out of the fridge and placed it by her bowl. "Thank you." Mingyu joined them and the three started eating. 

"Although I do think Shua was being annoying, I don't think he had any bad intentions." Mingyu commented on the situation. 

Wonwoo agreed. "Yeah, you're like a younger sister to him, big brothers tease and annoy their sisters." He reasoned. 

Yerim nodded, understanding their point. "I know and I understand, but just put yourself in my shoes. I don't want Minhyung to think it's always going to be like that. He said the members were giving him dead stares from behind my back. Like I get the whole protective older brother act, but at the end of the day what I do in my love life, is none of their business." She started getting a bit worked up again. 

"We understand you, Yerim. It must not have been fun to be in that situation." Mingyu didn't like seeing her so upset, but he also didn't want to get completely involved with the situation. 

She shook her head. "It wasn't fun, especially when I asked what his deal was and he just denied it, like he didn't do anything. And what made it worse is that none of the other members who were there had my back or understood my frustration, not even Cheol, he always has my back." The more she talked about it, the more upset she was starting to get. 

Wonwoo rubbed her back."It's okay, Ming-ah, just stay here for the night, okay?" She nodded, happy she could stay over. 

"Yeah, Wonwoo-hyung has a new game, he can show it to you." Mingyu suggested. 

Wonwoo nodded his head. "It's a nice game, not scary." 

"Alright." 

The three of them continued their dinner, talking about the upcoming tour, their friends, their family, etc. Afterwards, Mingyu sent Yerim away with Wonwoo, to start their game. 

-

This dance practice had been going on for way too long in Yerim's opinion. There was an obvious tension going on between her and Joshua, other members were stressed since the tour was coming up and others were just very tired from all the schedules. Joshua kept trying to talk to her, but she kept brushing him off, not in the mood to talk. 

While the vocal team were rehearsing their songs and performance, Chan joined his best friend on the ground. 

"You're still not talking to him?" He went straight to it. She shrugged her shoulders. "I'm just not in the talking mood, you know." 

"I understand, just don't let this drag out for a long time, okay?" None of the members liked conflict within the group, but they're a family, so there are times when people bud heads. 

She shook her head. "No, but he really pissed me off yesterday. Minhyung even texted me asking if he had done anything wrong." She felt bad for Mark when she had seen his text and she felt also more upset with Joshua. 

"I would have been pissed off as well and I'm not just saying that because it's you." Chan always has her back, they're the youngest of the group, so they got to stick together. 

Yerim laid her head on his shoulder. "You should have been there yesterday, at least someone would have helped me." 

"Against Scary Coups? I love you, but no way." He laughed. "Oh, shut up." She lightly pushed him, making him almost fully fall on the ground. 

"Alright, let's do the full group dance one last time!" Soonyoung announced, loud enough for everyone to hear. 

A sudden hand appeared in front of Yerim and looking up she was met with Joshua. She ignored him and got herself up and walked away to her spot, not making eye contact with him once. Now, she knew she was being petty, but at that moment she honestly didn't care. 

After a few more run-throughs of the choreography, their dance practice was done. Yerim grabbed her stuff and before she had the chance to leave, Coups made an announcement. 

"Joshua and Yerim, you two clean it up!" Normally, they used rock-paper-scissors to decide who would clean the practice room, so this came as a surprise.

She shook her head, giving him an unimpressed look. "No, I'm not doing that." She just wanted to go home and sleep, not spend her extra time cleaning. 

"Don't give me attitude, besides you haven't done it in years." Coups' normal soft smile towards her had changed into a stern gaze. 

After a staring contest that only lasted a few seconds, Yerim defeatedly put her bag on the ground again. 

Their leader pointed to the vacuum cleaner, before mouthing "talk to him" and leaving the room with the other members. She made her way over to the vacuum cleaner, while Joshua grabbed the cloth to clean the mirrors. 

''Do you want to talk about yesterday?'' Joshua looked at her through the mirror. 

She briefly looked at him, but turned her head right away. ''I think I should ask you that question.'' 

''I'm sorry, Ming-ah. I just wanted to tease you, but I went a bit too far.'' He apologised, turning around so they were face-to-face. 

She sighed. ''Why did you do that yesterday?'' The disappointment in her voice hurt him, especially knowing that he had caused it. 

''I don't know, I just shouldn't have done it.'' Yerim got the feeling there was more to what he was saying. 

A look of puzzlement crossed her face. ''So you just entered my room without knocking, started inviting people into my room, made my guest uncomfortable and then acted like nothing happened without any clear reason?'' 

''I just wanted to tease you and I went too far, that's it.'' Instead of focusing on her, his focus was on the floor, his eyes not meeting hers. 

''Joshua,'' she wanted his attention, ''just tell me what's going on, I don't like this.'' If there's one thing she hates, it's people stalling what they have to say, or in other words, exactly what Joshua was doing right now. 

''Let's sit down for this.'' He put the cloth down and walked over to the couch, waiting for her to join him. After some hesitation, she sat next to him. 

''Can I hold your hand?'' He put out his hand, despite still being upset with him, she let him hold her hand. 

He took a deep breath. ''First, I want you to know that I care about you a lot, you're family to me, you know that right?'' She nodded her head. ''Of course, I know that.'' 

Both of his hands were holding her hand, showing her how serious he was. ''I think Mark is a nice guy and he's a very talented idol, I just..'' He hesitated continuing. 

''You just.. what?'' 

''I don't trust him.'' 

Well, that's certainly not what she was expecting. Yerim thought for a moment, being taken aback by Joshua's answer. 

''Let me explain that.'' 

''Yeah, you should do that.'' 

''I don't have anything personal against the kid, I really don't. It's just that everything that you two are doing now kinda reminds me of your time with Jihyun.'' 

Yerim looked down at the mention of her, she was still quite a sensitive subject. 

''Jihyun was an awful person for stringing you along like that, knowing she didn't want a relationship with you. She knew you were going to be heartbroken, yet she didn't stop acting like she loved you. I know that you don't blame her for anything, but I do, we do. Someone who truly loves you wouldn't do something like that.''

She moved her head back up hearing that it's not just him, but others as well. ''What do you mean 'we'?'' 

''I don't want to speak for everyone else, but it's not just me who feels this way.'' He reveals to her, hating that he had to bring the other members into it. 

''It was awful seeing you like that, we lost you for a while then, we don't want that to happen again.'' 

Yerim felt like she was a small child being scolded by one of her parents. ''I understand what you're saying, but it's confusing to me when one half of you are saying that I should go for it and the other half says I need to stay away from him basically.'' 

''I'm not saying that you have to stay away from him, all I'm saying is that he's a very busy man and you're a busy woman, I just don't want you to get hurt again. You're barely going to see each other with a schedule like yours and his, you can't really blame us for having doubts.'' 

Yerim's silence worried him, but what he was saying was his, and some of the members, opinion. He cares a lot about her, she's truly his little sister, why would he want her to get hurt again? 

''Yerim, please say something.'' 

She scoffed. ''What do you want me to say to that?'' 

''I would love if you understand our concern.'' He said in all honesty. 

She showed him a sad smile. ''I do understand and I'm happy you all care about me, it's just a lot to take in, you know.'' 

He stood up from the couch and opened his arms. ''Come here, honey.'' Yerim didn't hesitate this time and put her arms around his waist, laying her head against shoulder. 

''I want to go home.'' She told him, in a sad tone. 

''Let's go home then.'' 

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[a-grounder-from-the-sky]

SKAM España: Long Ass Analyses S02 E10 C3.

Oooh boi! I dont even know how many times I've watched that clip. Guys this two make me feel so much, one clip I'm exited the other I'm confused and then disappointed, mad, sad, happy, sad again, happy again, frustrated, all that at the same time... oof SKAM does that to you. Glad that I discovered this amazing Universe through these two beautiful girls. I wish I could watch this clip for the first time.

Vale ¡ Empezamos !

PARALLEL ! I love parallels. Cris is impatiently waiting for JoJo like "Where's my baby at !" With a beautifully well wrapped little package. One of the first thing that came into my mind was, Cris is waiting Joana the same way Joana waited for her In Perdóname. This time, Cris doesn't wait for Joana to come back she takes matters into her own hands and go to her. We love a confident Cris.

After a little while Joana finally comes into view, and I swear when her eyes locked with Cris, I saw a little rictus form on her lips or I'm wrong and just saw what I wanted to see. But whatevaaah, I know despite the face and the attitude she was giving, Joana was happy to see Cris but she had a role to maintain which was Joana "doesn't love Cris" Bianchi.

My baby Cris politely said Hola with the sweetest voice ever and JoJo was like "Bitch what is you want ?" I wanted to slap her but reminded myself that she was playing a role. But luckily, Cris does not let her tone affect her and gives Jo the pretty package saying "Here love of my life I bought you a gift", I am so proud of how well Cris is handeling the situation, very calm and composed.

Joana roughly unwrap the gift and TADAAAH a book ! Dangerous Liaisons. This book is the centre piece of this season 'cause it's a reflection of Cris and Joana's relationship I mean even the title screams CROANAAA! Dangerous Liaison. As in harsh/complicated/challenging relationship. A bumpy ride don't forget your seatbelt and I feel like it can also be apply for us, the fans, and how their relationship affected us, well at last for me. I mean I haven't had a proper 8 hour sleep in more than a month because of these two, they keep me awake, cause it's or I'm to worry to sleep or I'm to happy. Like... dude ! what is this. I'm having a dangerous liaisons with SKAM España.

Alright carry on.

When Joana sees the book she's like "I already read it, thank you next"

But Cris won't back down and says "Nope, not this one open it"

And BOOOOOOM ! Just like that mi Corazon was hit. I had to pause the video cause I became La Llorona I needed to catch my breathe and to stop my eyes from watering 'cause I couldn't see shit.

I was so not expecting it which made it 100 times better. Funny 'cause it reminded me of when Joana wrote down "Perdóname(I'm sorry)", and did you know that "I'm sorry" and "I love you" are two of the most hard phrases to say to someone ? (-> Needs verification but I'm sure I'm right).

So Cris wrote it down cause you know it's easier then saying it (little advise, when you need to say something to someone but you can't do it cause it's hard, write it down and give it to them. It helps.) And we know that she's not good with saying big and heavy words like I love you.

Cold Joana is still playing hard to get and says "Why now ?" I think she responded like that cause she didn't want to believe it you know ?

Cris answers that because it's the truth, to my surprise Cris says it out loud this time "I love you biiiiish I ain't never gonna stop loving you biiiish", while looking at Joana in the eyes. So proud my baby girl is growing, and being fearless about her feelings. Go girl ! Express yourself. Cris confesses never having said it to anyone but she wanted to tell her at least once even if Joana doesn't love her anymore( rolling my eyes at the biggest lie that I've ever heard but whatevaaah I'll ignore it for now but this needs to be rectify soon). She was so cute and being all shy while saying that. "I know you don't love me anymore but I do love you now and that's all that matters" We love that glow up.

Joana is like "Da fuck girl I told you I didn't love you because I wanted you to stay away from me and you're doing the opposite"

And to scare and push away Cris, Joana tells her that "You don't know what you are getter yourself into, I'm a fucking kinder suprise, I'm very impredictible" which Cris answer by "Reallyyy ! I love Kinder Suprise !" And adds "Please bitch ! like I haven't notice. Since I've met you feels like I'm on a rollercoaster, so tell me something I don't know"

So Joana keeps on going

"I can be really cool in the morning and a dickhead on the afternoon."

Cris: "Okay. Not even scared"

Joana:"Don't want you to have to deal with me."

Cris:"my decision not yours to make."

Frustrated-Joana-cause-Cris-doesn't-back-down:" The reason I was in the hospital is because I got extremely angry at my parents and threaten them to kill myself and almost did it"

Cris: "..............huuum.......... Nope. Still here. Keep 'em coming I won't move"

Joana: "...... Da fuck woman." I loved Joana's face when she realised that no matter what she said Cris wasn't going to Change her mind.

Cris: "I👏🏽AM👏🏽NOT👏🏽GOING👏🏽TO👏🏽RUNAWAY(No voy a salir corriendo). Stick this into your head woman."

And my heart was hit again.

And so was Joana's heart. Look at her face my baby is speechless.

Everything was perfect we got another glimpse at Joana's MI (mental illness). She loves Cris so much that she opened up a bit more to know what was Cris getting herself into, so if she wanted to back down she could even if it meant for Joana to lose Cris. But Cris was like "Nope, you don't get it do you ? I want you. And everything that comes with it. The whole package and if that means having to deal with your MI than so be it, cause it's a part of who you are. And I want ALL OF YOU."

Oh boi so beautiful.

But Joana is stubborn. Bitch stop fighting and accept the love that is giving to you. She says that right now she feels good but tomorrow she doesn't know, same for all the other next days. Which Cris replies with "Alright why the hell is you talking about tomorrow ?? How about we take it slow and think about today. Or better live in the minute. Minuto a minuto"-> OG SKAM fans must have been very happy.

New concept for Joana feels like she never thought about it. This should be known by everyone, live in the moment 'cause you might not be there tomorrow, so live as if there were no tomorrow, cause it's not just another day that you gain but it's also another day that you loose so don't waste time my friends and live minute by minute.

To ease the mood Cris propose Joana if it's possible for her to stand still for 60sec, Joana accepts the challenge and for about 10sec they are looking at eachother with smile on their faces like love birds being all cute and everything, when Cris says "Well look at that 10sec already ! No bombe has exploded that's a good start."

Well that ladies and gents is a rare species called a "Smiling Joana" haven't been seen in ages and need to be protected at all cost enjoy. She's so beautiful.

Cris thinking that she can't help anyone is beyond me cause she can brighten any situation. She's the friend and the Novìa that everyone wants.

Hugs, touching heads, kisses foreheads, staring at eachother, and hug again. And my heart can't take it. While this beautiful song by Bruno Major - Just the same, plays in the back ground. The way SKAM España picks up song is amazing always suits the moment.

I know a lot of you wanted a kiss. Understandable. But in that situation I feel like it was not needed. I've read a comment that says that Cris didn't kissed her cause Joana was so hesitant in even stepping close to her. All the caring look, hug, forehead kisses all that, was better than a kiss. So proud of Cris cause she did exactly with Joana what the girl squad did with her on the previous Clip, she showed how much important to her Joana was.

I'm going to let the lyrics of that part of the clip analyse that last paragraph. Take it as Cris' point of view you saying "Doesnt matter what happen, I'm going to be there for you, love." And you know what ? I'm crying rn 'cause this is beautiful.

🎵So do your worst to me. Test my loyalty. I will pass with distinction of first degree. I lost my mind to you. Somewhere down the line that you drew. But I only have myself to blame. 'Cause I'd still love you just the same🎵

I personally couldn't have ask for a better reunion. And the more clips we get the more I'm having a hard time telling myself that this season and Cris' story will come to an end.

Aaaaaalriiight that was a long ass analysis hope y'all didn't fell asleep in the middle, I won't blame you and if you are still here, thank you for reading everything. I personally didn't think this clip needed an analyses cause everything was pretty clear pero bue. I did it cause it helps me.

Hasta luego amigxs.